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SLEIGH KNEE.

No. 379,170; Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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EDWARD KING, OF BUTTE CITY, MONTANA TERRITORY.

SLEIGH-KNEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379.170, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed November 23, 1887. Serial No. 256,013. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDW'ARD KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte City, in the county of Silver Bow and Territory of Montana, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Sleigh-Knees, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement; in sleigh-knees; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 00 w of Fig. 2.

A represents the sleigh-runner, and B rep-- resents a brace which is bent from a metallic strap into the form shown and secured to the runner. A metallic plate, 0, is screwed or bolted on the upper side of the runner mid way between the arms of the brace, and from this plate extend vertical rods D, which rods are located at a suitable distance apart, one in front of the other.

E represents a bolster having vertical openings c in its ends, through which pass the rods D.

A wooden knee, F, depends from each end of the bolster and extends down between the rods D, and to the lower end of the said knee is secured a metallic plate, G, having openings or recesses gin its ends to receive the rods D. Metallic side braces, H, are secured to the sides of the knee and diverge laterally therefrom at their upper ends, which latter are reduced and screw threaded and passed through openings ein the bolster. Nuts hare o screwed onto the ends of the said braces and clamp the knee rigidly to the bolster. The lower ends of the braces H depend below the plate G on opposite sides of the runner, so as to embrace the latter between them and prevent lateral play thereof.

A sleigh-knee thus constructed is firmly braced against either longitudinal, lateral, or torsional strain, and is very light and durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the bolster, the knee,-

and the braces H, secured to the sides of the knee and having the threaded upper ends passed through the bolster, and the nuts thereon for clamping the knee and the bolster together, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the runner, the brace 13, and the vertical rods D, with the bolster having the openings to receive the rods and bearing under the brace, the knee, the plate G on the lower end thereof, having the recesses to receive the rods D,and the side braces 

